Enable full printer features on AGFA AccuSet 1000

Apr 19, '04 09:41:00AM

Contributed by: Brian Nash

The original AGFA AccuSet 1000 PPDs are broken under OS X. To prove this, select Print and go to Printer Features. The settings that are available in OS 9 don't show up in OS X. This is because the original PPDs don't have the correct closing tags for each printer feature, so OS X won't display them. I've added the tags and updated the PPD's to work in OS X. There are two versions, one to handle Adobe Illustrator page orientation correctly and a standard PPD (these PPDs are being used with Viper RIP PostScrip level 2).

Download the PPDs here:
http://www.bndco.com/tips/OSX_AccuSet_PPDs.zip

Unzip the file and put them in the PPD folder in /Library -> Printers -> PPDs. Add the printer with the Printer Utility application. Select "Other ..." and choose the correct PPD.

[robg adds: I don't have an AGFA, so I can't test these new PPDs. Also, if AGFA asks I will have to remove the link, as these PPD files are under their copyright. However, I'm hoping that the company won't mind that someone cleaned up the files to make them work better under OS X.]

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